The Law and Business of Social Media
May 13, 2016 - First Amendment, Protected Speech, Live streaming, Marketing, Privacy, Statistics

Social Links—Instagram’s logo change causes a stir; stats on social media use at work; lessons from a YouTube star.

The Great Instagram Logo Freakout of 2016.

A UK council policy reportedly grants its members power to spy on residents by setting up fake Facebook profiles.

Guess who spends more of their workday on social media, women or men?

Lessons from one of YouTube’s first (and most successful) stars.

Should sharing tragic images on social media be against the law?

A team of Google employees proposed adding new emojis to represent women in professional situations.

Has social media forced everyone to brand themselves?

Nearly 500 startup companies offer tech solutions for the legal industry.

Using social media to speed up organ donation.

Suicide on Periscope prompts France to open inquiry.

Now an online service helps people to prepare their “digital legacy.” Will the “social media assets after death” issue never die? (Sorry, we couldn’t resist.)

Study finds social media manipulation is the most common form of sextortion.